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With great power, comes great scrutiny. Every Tuesday and Friday, journalist Kara Swisher and NYU Professor Scott Galloway offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. They make bold predictions, pick winners and losers, and bicker and banter like no one else. From New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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#36
May 24, 2019 · 39 min
Medium's "Shampoo Effect," and Tesla, coming undone?
The hosts opine on Medium, L'Oreal, and Quora.
#35
May 17, 2019 · 39 min
Alabama's big fail, Uber's disastrous IPO, and the Facebook breakup debate
Recode's Kara Swisher and NYU's Scott Galloway discuss Chris Hughes' Facebook breakup proposal, Away Travel's big funding, how southern states are trying to ban abortion and more.
#34
May 10, 2019 · 34 min
Chris Hughes' Case Against Facebook, Strikes on IPO Week, GoT vs Avengers
"Union Scott" shows up to discuss the work stoppages at Uber and Lyft.
#33
May 3, 2019 · 36 min
Facebook's privacy fakeout, WeWork's reckless IPO, and Reagan the welfare queen
Kara and Scott discuss Facebook's new focus on privacy; what comes after the Web 3.0 era; and what Oprah has to say about Scott's new book.
#32
Apr 26, 2019 · 31 min
The FTC & the "Algebra of Deterrence"
Kara and Scott talk about the FTC's fine on Facebook -- it's basically a "parking ticket".
#31
Apr 19, 2019 · 40 min
Uber's IPO and, more importantly, Game of Thrones
Kara and Scott talk about Disney breaking into the content streaming business, the Uber IPO and, yes, Game of Thrones.
#30
Apr 12, 2019 · 37 min
Mr. Zuckerberg goes to Washington ... again
Kara and Scott talk about Congressional hearings on tech platforms responsibility for spreading white nationalism and other hate speech.
#29
Apr 5, 2019 · 35 min
"It's not a meritocracy, it's a mirror-tocracy"
Kara and Scott talk about the avalanche of recent Facebook news -- including Zuckerberg's new professed want for regulations.
#28
Mar 29, 2019 · 35 min
Will the rising tide of ride sharing Lyft all boats?
Scott and Kara are skeptical of Lyft's IPO. What exactly is the network effect of ride shares?
#27
Mar 22, 2019 · 30 min
Does social media cause terrorism?
Kara and Scott talk about terrorism against the Muslim community in New Zealand and how social media may be exacerbating this type of violence.
#26
Mar 15, 2019 · 50 min
LIVE! From SXSW it's Kara and Scott
Kara and Scott are live in Austin, Texas for SXSW. They talk antitrust, the breakdown of big tech and take audience questions and predictions.
#25
Mar 8, 2019 · 35 min
Facebook says it’s all about privacy now. OK, sure.
Kara and Scott are back! They talk about Zuckerberg's supposed shift towards more privacy on Facebook and, well, we'll believe it when we see it.
#24
Mar 1, 2019 · 42 min
News flash: Facebook’s contractors are people
Kara brings on her former co-host, Wired senior staff writer and Gadget Lab co-host, Lauren Goode.
#23
Feb 22, 2019 · 38 min
DC is old news. “The universe revolves around Silicon Valley”
Kara brings on co-host, legendary NYTimes journalist, Maureen Dowd. They talk about how Silicon Valley has eclipsed Washington, DC as the country's true seat of power.
#22
Feb 15, 2019 · 9 min
Hot Take: Amazon HQ2 breaks up with NYC
Kara and Scott pop back into the studio to give their hot takes on Amazon pulling out of their HQ2 deal with New York City.
#22
Feb 15, 2019 · 31 min
Is this the year big tech gets regulated? (Probably not.)
Scott blusters in from his breakfast with Congress on how to regulate big tech — so Kara and Scott get into whether Congress will ever be regulating tech (seems not so likely).
#21
Feb 8, 2019 · 4 min
Hot Take: Scott Galloway on Bezos vs. AMI [BOOM!]
BONUS episode: Scott couldn't wait to tell Pivot listeners what he thinks about Bezos' post accusing the National Inquirer of extortion.
#21
Feb 8, 2019 · 39 min
Happy(ish) birthday, Facebook.
Kara and Scott (sort of) celebrate Facebook's 15th birthday.
#20
Feb 1, 2019 · 34 min
Cook vs. Zuckerberg vs. consumer privacy
Kara and Scott talk about Apple and Facebook's latest gaffes and how Apple might be the only force left regulating Facebook.
#19
Jan 25, 2019 · 38 min
MAGA teens, Fyre Fest and Twitter wars
Kara and Scott talk about how Twitter duped us all again.

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